tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811142208729284263.post5739590536169182603..comments2023-10-16T04:34:45.322-05:00Comments on CPSIA - Comments & Observations: CPSIA - A Challenge to Inez TenenbaumRick Woldenberg, Chairman - Learning Resources Inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10399747363670184131noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811142208729284263.post-80091112224519798302009-09-11T19:20:04.576-05:002009-09-11T19:20:04.576-05:00As if this wasn't enough to send me screaming ...As if this wasn't enough to send me screaming down the street, today I got a fedex overnight package from the CPSC investigator down the street with 2 pieces of paper about how to sign up for recall notices and a PEN! <br /><br />How fabulous! I'm so glad that they got more money to keep our kids safe and can overnight people a pen!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811142208729284263.post-6843843312163152992009-09-11T13:49:25.967-05:002009-09-11T13:49:25.967-05:00Barrack? Our president? With 1”r” or 2? Supposedl...Barrack? Our president? With 1”r” or 2? Supposedly, our president is the most powerful person in the WORLD. I just don’t see a way that he isn’t aware of the kind of monkey business that’s going on in his own backyard. Ok, he didn’t start the fire, but my question is this. What happen to “The Buck Stops Here” signs on President Henry Truman’s desk. It’s become evident that appointing Ms. Tenenbaum is not the answer that I could be too proud of.Paulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811142208729284263.post-4542877996994770722009-09-11T12:17:50.060-05:002009-09-11T12:17:50.060-05:00"And we have watched as scientific integrity ..."And we have watched as scientific integrity has been undermined and scientific research politicized in an effort to advance predetermined ideological agendas." <br /><br />Barrack ObamaJohnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811142208729284263.post-48626926531475281862009-09-11T10:47:51.275-05:002009-09-11T10:47:51.275-05:00I shouldn't have been surprised yesterday rega...I shouldn't have been surprised yesterday regarding the hearing but I became paralyzed by what came out of Ms. Tenenbaum's mouth. It is apparenet that she is their puppet reciting a "waxman" script. Babies are in their caregiver's arms constantly coming into contact with bling/buttons/zippers which will not be tested and many 9year olds these days are wearing adult clothing and shoes. If a child were left alone long enough to eat 50 beads then the parents are obviously not doing their job. <br /><br />I did like that the CPSC will ATTEMPT outreach for the low-income community to help determine if they own re-called cribs (real safety issues) but wonder if they will offer to buy these people new cribs/products? Priorities are different in the real world when you can't afford to buy new everything. And there isn't much left in the resale shops because they don't want the liability that comes with this law. Funding a program to help these people actually replace products seems like a program worth funding but that doesn't seem like the plan. <br />The plan seems to be to spend money on investigating things that industry has already proven to be safe to just make sure they are really safe.<br /><br />And then the gov't wonders why people are angry at town hall meetings. Unbelievable.jennifernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811142208729284263.post-37779309673536631122009-09-11T09:15:11.946-05:002009-09-11T09:15:11.946-05:00Ms Tenenbaum's statement is also anti-parent. ...Ms Tenenbaum's statement is also anti-parent. Has there ever been a child who swallowed 50 beads? Parents are mortified to find one in a diaper and most parents, if not all, won't be letting a child swallow 50 beads. Beads don't taste good and a child isn't likely to try and eat more than one or two--it's the candy-like vitamins you have to keep out of reach. (We have one who like to put bottle caps in her mouth. If something like that surfaces, parents become extra vigilant)<br /><br />She spoke like a true educrat. Can't trust parents to keep their children from swallowing 50 beads! Can't trust parents to properly care for their children. Big government and the new CPSC to the rescue. She speaks as if she is from child services.<br /><br />We don't need a new health care bill--the CPSC will start offering parenting classes for all the folk who don't know how to parent. And the FDA will make sure you never have any fast food, dessert or sugar cereal again so you don't get fat. The list goes on.<br /><br />The nanny state is becoming the police state (monitoring online sites and policing garage sales?)<br /><br />Solution: don't advertise your garage sale but pray everyone who needs your things drives by your house that day and notices the table you set up.<br />BarbAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811142208729284263.post-58747592433050286102009-09-11T08:41:05.525-05:002009-09-11T08:41:05.525-05:00I was surprised that a former elementary teacher a...I was surprised that a former elementary teacher and head of the department of education said that children's books printed pre-1985 are vintage items. She assumes only adults would handle, read, or use books that old. It would be easy to assume she hasn't visited a library recently where any library would have hundreds of books on the shelf printed before 1985. <br /><br />The problem is bigger than most people think. Even the ALA (which supported CPSIA) has established ethical guidelines for librarians. Some of these guidelines found their way into the Patriot Act. Librarians are not supposed to refuse the right of a patron to check out library materials - regardless of the patron's age. This may not happen in real life all the time, but children checkout adult items all the time. Are we supposed to peruse books to find the printing date (which often isn't there) and then refuse to checkout pre-1985 material?Estherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04788480501999883578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811142208729284263.post-26186379762026828202009-09-11T03:22:36.152-05:002009-09-11T03:22:36.152-05:00True loyalty. Ms. Tenenbaum has shown true loyalt...True loyalty. Ms. Tenenbaum has shown true loyalty here. Not exactly to the American people, but to the people who claim to represent the American people. Not to vague ideology such as truth, just nor safety, but to concrete aspiration of political agenda. Ms. Tenenbaum reveals herself as what she truly is. I respect that, and respect her as what she is.Paulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811142208729284263.post-42118800031833509062009-09-11T02:34:54.300-05:002009-09-11T02:34:54.300-05:00Well said, Rick. And in regards to the risk of a ...Well said, Rick. And in regards to the risk of a child eating 50 beads/stones, aren't there much more dangerous items in the common household that could cause much further harm to a child if swallowed? Let's name a few: a whole tube of children's toothpaste (the kind that tastes like bubblegum; Nintendo DS game cartridges (if they'll eat a rock, they'll eat anything); a whole bottle of St. Joesph's baby aspirin (you know, the kind that tastes like orange candy...and don't let the safety cap fool you - most kids can open those bottles in a nano-second if the product tastes like candy); kitty litter from the cat's litter box (it would be especially attractive with the special....well, I won't go any further). Yes, kitty litter is not marketed to kids, however, it is readily accessible in the house. The point is, whether it's stones sewn or glued to a child's jacket versus any piece of matter that is accessible to kids at home or school, an unsupervised child under twelve can ingest or handle things that are far more dangerous to children who have eating disorders as Rick pointed out. The government would have to outlaw EVERYTHING to truly keep a child safe from all the potential hazards that lurk in our very homes. Hence the need for a good dose of rational, common sense.bchiassonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311136926297292177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811142208729284263.post-33712117639031915302009-09-11T02:25:15.660-05:002009-09-11T02:25:15.660-05:00Rick, it really was shocking. But she was speakin...Rick, it really was shocking. But she was speaking from the same playbook as Chairman Rush. In his opening statement he applauded her vote on the rhinestones and reminded us how "any amount of lead constituted too much lead in these beads."<br /><br />An equally shocking moment was at 3:11-3:13 where she defends the ATV industry spening millions of dollars to redesign their products because a child could injest the lead from their vehicle. Even with the congressman poining out how rediculous this is, she goes out of her way to insist these redesigns are necessary.Bennoreply@blogger.com